COMMENT | URN | The country is reeling with the death of renowned media practitioner and former presidential press secretary, Joseph Tamale Mirundi who passed on yesterday (August 14) at Kisubi Hospital. Mirundi, aged 60 , has currently been holding the portfolio of Senior Presidential Advisor on Media and pubic relations. …
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COMMENT | Samson Tinka | By Monday morning of 12th Aug 2024, 22 people were confirmed to have died after the Kitezi garbage disaster. Information from the Kiteezi community shows that there is a good number still unaccounted for persons. Yet, as way back as 10 years ago, there were pointers …
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How Kenya’s Gen Z have exaggerated expectations of their government and president THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I am writing this article from Nairobi where young, educated Kenyans are keeping President William Ruto busy. At the beginning of these protests, naïve commentators commended Ruto for conceding to the demands of …
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COMMENT | Frederick Wanume Kibbedi | Five years ago, I couldn’t have imagined that I would be in a wheelchair, but that story is for another day. Today, I woke up to an early morning engagement in town. Despite arriving on time, I was denied entry because the venue lacked access …
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How our political debates over development focus on peripheral issues while ignoring the fundamental problems THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I believe that human beings are inherently religious. We have axiomatic faith in particular beliefs based on our moral intuitions. These are kept alive through narratives. The great British economist, …
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In the Institution of the Umukuuka, We are Spending Sleepless Nights over the Imbalu Launch on Saturday – But Our Detractors are not Sleeping Either SPECIAL FEATURE | Alfred Geresom Musamali | The Institution of the Umukuuka which oversees the cultural matters of the Bamasaaba (named after Masaaba who is believed …
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The 2023 Auditor General’s Report revealed that over 10,000 government workers were illegally on the payroll. COMMENT | CATHERENE NAKAWEESA | Corruption is a major obstacle to Uganda’s development, impacting governance, economic stability, and the social structure. A severe consequence of widespread corruption is the rise in national debt. Corruption …
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Why our president is caught in contradictions that he can neither grasp nor overcome THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | So, President Yoweri Museveni declared a “tough war” on corruption; promising to apprehend all thieves and send them to jail. Then young people decided to march onto parliament, the seat of …
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COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | Dear National Resistance Movement (NRM), the July 23 ‘March2Parliament’ against corruption might be your best opportunity yet. Think not of it as a jigger you must crush with your brute force, tear gas, and stray bullets. A true yellow-blooded NRM member in the manner of …
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Uganda’s causes of disunity mainly spring from fears that public officials are cutting up the national cake among themselves. During the last 12 years, most people especially the top brass had been grabbers- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, September 1979 COMMENT | ANDREW BESI | On July 23, Ugandans marched to parliament in …
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